The Daily Source of Urban Planning News

The center of commercial gravity will be located a little to the east in Austin after two six-story office buildings are complete.

June 17 - Urbanize Austin

A new report by the Metro Nashville Affordable Housing Task Force marshals local resources and advocates for coordination with the state and federal government to address the loss of affordable housing in Nashville.

June 17 - Tennessean

The proposed expansion would affect smaller multi-family developments and include incentives for reducing travel during peak hours and encouraging transit, walking, and biking.

June 17 - Urbanize Los Angeles

The differences between the haves and the have-nots, already apparent in the U.S. housing market before the pandemic, is more apparent than ever after more than a year of economic and demographic upheaval.

June 17 - Joint Center for Housing Studies of Harvard University

Big cities saw the sharpest population declines during the pandemic. Is the trend here to stay?

June 17 - Brookings Institution

FEATURE

An excerpt from "A Blueprint for Coastal Adaptation: Uniting Design, Economics, and Policy," published in May by Island Press.

June 17 - Carolyn Kousky

After more than a year of COVID-19-related restrictions and limited travel, rising attendance figures across national parks show Americans are eager to explore the great outdoors.

June 16 - CNN

As owners of valuable urban real estate, some churches are taking up the mandate to serve their community by using their vacant properties to provide housing for people being priced out of their homes.

June 16 - Reasons to Be Cheerful

"The idea of the word ‘functional’ in front of ‘zero’ is a reaction to the misperception that ending homelessness means no one ever experiences homelessness again."

June 16 - Next City

As the pandemic shifts housing priorities and costs continue to soar, experts assess the potential for a crash similar to 2008's Great Recession.

June 16 - Vox

If even a small fraction of workers continue to work remotely or have more flexible hours, the resulting reduction in rush hour travelers could have a significant impact on peak hour congestion.

June 16 - The New York Times

The Pencoyd Landing development is focused on providing access to pedestrians, cyclists, and transit users in the neighborhood of Lower Merion Township, across the Schuylkill River from Philadelphia.

June 16 - The Philadelphia Inquirer

The first month of a three-year pilot program that legalizes the construction and conversion of coach houses—a local form of accessory dwelling unit—is responding to strong demand in Chicago.

June 16 - Chicago Tribune

The city's police has begun issuing citations and implementing curfews in public parks that became oases of social activity during the pandemic.

June 16 - Gothamist

AB 356 could be "the most aggressive municipal water conservation measure that's been taken in the western United States."

June 15 - The Nevada Independent

If vaccines provide the means out of the pandemic, vaccine hesitancy and opposition threaten to prolong it. Battles over public health are being fought in courtrooms and statehouses like in Ohio, where a 'vaccine choice' bill is being considered.

June 15 - The Columbus Dispatch

The program funds the purchase of hotels for housing people experiencing homelessness as housing costs in the state continue to rise.

June 15 - High Country News

FEATURE

Assembly Bill 1401, one of the most closely-watched land use bills in the California State legislature this year, would remove parking requirements in "High Quality Transit Areas" statewide.

June 15 - Donald Shoup

The Congress for the New Urbanism's "Freeways Without Future 2021" report leverages the current political moment by spotlighting 15 U.S highways for removal.

June 15 - CNU Public Square

Republicans in the Minnesota State Legislature ditched an effort to block voters in the Twin Cities from implementing rent stabilization laws.

June 15 - Minnesota Reformer